
                                . : a b y s s : .

                                    gives you

           . : m i d a s   p l a y e r   f o r   w i n ' 9 5 / n t : .
                                 = version 1.1cd =
        < special release for the latest module cd-rom by ftp.cdrom.com >

                                  code: b a r t m a n
                          beta-testing: p i n k
                                        p o e t
                                        s k i n d i v e r
                                 midas: h o u s e m a r q u e   i n c .
                             copyright: a b y s s   1 9 9 7

Version 1.1cd: This version has been done for the latest module cd-rom by
the guys at ftp.cdrom.com. But as ever, you are free to distribute it to
anyone you like...

CHANGES from v1.0 to v1.1:

- New: You can now double-click another module while having a Midas Player
  running. There will be no second player or an error message. The first
  player will then load the selected module. You just mustn't select multiple
  modules via the explorer and then double click onto the selection!
  Note: This feature currently doesn't work under Windows NT.  I don't have
  NT installed, so I can't test that... If there's enough requests, I'll try
  to fix it...
- New: Position/Row display. Left-click on the time display to change between
  time and position display. Time display: white, position display: yellow.
  The type of display is saved on exit and restored the next time you start
  the player.
- New: Songend-detection. User-selectable via the system menu (check the
  "Detect Song-End" menu item). Automatically loads & plays the next module
  after the previous has finished. After the last module finished, playback
  will be stopped.

- Bugfix: When running from commandline, it's your choice to put quotation
  marks (") around the filename, so all of the following commands are valid:
  Midas95.exe e:\music\mod\drax\2 homies.xm
  Midas95.exe "e:\music\mod\drax\2 homies.xm
  Midas95.exe e:\music\mod\drax\2 homies.xm"
  Midas95.exe "e:\music\mod\drax\2 homies.xm"
  just as you want!
- Bugfix: Now window display mode (standard/mini/micro) is also saved on exit
  and restored the next time you start the player.
- Bugfix: Removed "Maximize" and "Resize" menu items from the system menu.
- Bugfix: Fixed bug that made the main window disappear after you closed it
  while being iconified in the task bar
- Bugfix: There was a bug in the dialog where you could select the output
  mode (8/16bit, mono/stereo). Now the mode you selected is actually used!

UNINSTALL NOTICE: In case you want to remove the player completely from your
  harddisk (you really want that?), here's the instructions how to do it:
  (Real uninstall support will be added in the next version!)
  - Start Midas95. Go to Options dialog (in System menu)
  - Select the "Shell Associations" tab and remove all checkmarks. Select Okay.
  - Quit Midas95.
  - Start the Registry editor. (Start menu/Execute/"regedit")
  - Now delete the whole key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Abyss\MIDAS95" (and)
    "HKEY_USERS\<username>\Software\Abyss\MIDAS95". (just in case you have
    multiple users on your Windows system)

ADDITIONAL NOTE: In case you started Midas95 and the main window won't show up,
  (this never happened to me, just to inform you) delete the registry key
  "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Abyss\Shell\m_hWnd"

REQUEST: If there's anyone out there to draw a decent icon for Midas95, I would
  very much appreciate this. Send it to me via e-mail. Of course you will get
  full credits in the About...-Box!

COPYRIGHT: Midas Player for Windows '95/NT is copyrighted by Abyss Software.
  midas06.dll, Midas Sound System is copyrighted by Housemarque Inc.
  However you are granted the right upon free use and distribution as long as
  the following conditions are met:
  - You must distribute all files (Midas95.exe, Midas06.dll, Midas95.txt)
  - You must not change anything in the files.
  - You must leave all copyright notices intact (see above).
  - You must not charge any! money for it. This especially includes any
    "pay-www" or "pay-bbs" sites. It's okay if you distribute it on a
    shareware-/freeware CD-ROM.
  In case you aren't sure whether you violate the rules above, contact me via
  email and I'm sure we can arrange a solution that's acceptable for all of us.
  Any violation of the above rules will result in immediate legal prosecution
  or mailbombing! <grin>

----------------------------- old 1.0 textfile below --------------------------

SUMMARY: midas'95 is a module player based on the midas sound system
         (by sahara surfers), it plays protracker MOD, screamtracker S3M
         and fasttracker2 XM modules and runs under windows 95 and
         windows nt 3.51+ (4.0 compatibility assured)

FEATURES: - small 'n' nice user interface (no fancy graphics, but all
            functionality packed in) amiga users will remember delitracker...
            this one looks a lot like delitracker and windows cd-player.
          - customizable user interfaces (3 sizes) according to how much you
            want to have in the window (e.g. hide the time display etc...)
          - registers (if you want) as default module player, thus enabling
            double clicking a module in explorer or wincommander and opening
            midas '95 player.
          - drag-and-drop modules from explorer or wincommander onto the
            midas window to play the module(s)
          - open multiple modules at once (multi-select in the open file dialog
            (shift,ctrl) or drop multiple files on the window (playlist-like))
          - saves all settings (window positions, sizes, player settings)
          - variable player settings (mixing rate 8kHz-44kHz, 8/16bit,
            mono/stereo, variable mixing buffer size)
          - no trash into your c:\windows or c:\windows\system directories...
          - small .ZIP file, no stupid demo modules, no big pictures
          - coded by bartman/abyss
          - free! no registration fees, no nag-requesters...
          - always an open ear for future improvements
          - please report any severe(!) bugs to me, e-mail is at the
            end of the text file

REQUIREMENTS: - win95/nt 3.51+
              - windows-compatible soundcard
              - mfc40.dll, msvcrt40.dll
                (if you have windows95/nt, you also have these, otherwise
                 look at www.microsoft.com or email me!)

INSTALLATION: - unzip the .ZIP file into the desired directory
              - drag a link onto the desktop or into the start-menu
              - files required in directory: midas95.exe, midas06.dll
                (in case you get several bbs-ad like text files...)

HINTS: - if you're looking for the menus, open the system menu (where 
         the window minimize/maximum is in) there are menus for
         'Options...' and 'About...'
       - The 'i' button opens the module info window, whose position
         and size is also saved (like the main window).
         It's also saved if the window was open or closed when you
         exited the player, and if it will be opened next time directly
         when you launch the player...

FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS: - sophisticated play-list management
                     - icon tray display that allows you to iconify the
                       player to the system tray such as FlexiCD by ms(TM)

             visit our web services at http://abyss.home.ml.org
              write to the author at bw005ns@munich.netsurf.de
